it was scott walker, gary herbert, mark dayton, jack markell.ll the leadership of the governors associatio what kind of response did you get? we are not passing anything onto you guys. >> the president was very cordial and respectful to the governors. and we believe that we have a stake in this process, and he felt like we could offer some ideas of ways that we could help with savings and efficiencies and state government and federal government also. but he also said that they would have to meet his goals and ideas. leader harry reid, he was more concerned that they were going to be able to reach some kind of an agreement avoid going off the fiscal cliff. gerri: how concerned are you? what would it mea if we read right over the ege? you believe that there will be some agreements by decembee 31? >> it is hard to ell. the house, the senate, the republicans, it's vey tough negotiitions up there. i will tell you that i did meet with my finance officer this morning. my budget director. we talked about comparing my state budget. we have to make our de

table, utah's governor gary herbert, government falli number, governor walker, minnesota's governor mark daytone beebe. what they said when they emerged from the meeting. >> we have ideas how we can save money, how we can be able to create more efficiencies and government and spending with some of the different demonstrations that we've done in our various states we plan on getting back to the president, vice president with our suggestions and ideas. >> none of us want to see taxes on middle class folks go up. and we think it would have a significantly negative impact on the economy but we're not backing one particular plan or the other. >> let's take you overseas to syria where rebels have been gaining ground against government forces. rebels trapped 450 soldiers in side a sprawling military base. arwa damon has this exclusive look at the siege. >> reporter: close to aleppo rebels have a strange hold on a sprawling military base. there's a red gate next to a stonewall and then right behind it is the wall that is the outer perimeter of the military academy. it's less than 100 meters away, some